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Gamescom 2017: ArcheAge 4.0 ports naval warfare westward this year
Trion is on a roll at a Gamescom this week: It's brought ArcheAge 4.0 to the party.
"Slated for release in North America and Europe...
Guild Wars 2 has begun doling out anniversary presents; here’s what to expect
ArenaNet is rolling out birthday and anniversary gifts in honor of Guild Wars 2's fifth year of life.
In the mail, fifth-year characters will nab...
Albion Online maps out content updates Joseph and Kay in spite of continuing DDOS attacks
I'd like to be able to say that Albion Online is no longer under siege by DDOS blackmailers, but unfortunately, the most recent one...
ARK Survival Evolved is nuking low pop servers in just one week
ARK Survival Evolved is gearing up for launch, finally, which means it's now beginning to shelve some of the low pop servers across all...
The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard announce the next World of Warcraft expansion at BlizzCon 2017?
With World of Warcraft's 7.3 Shadows of Argus mega-patch launching next week, speculation in the community has turned once again to what comes after Argus....
Dauntless holds AMA covering free-to-play, Steam, wipes, and Monster Hunter Online
Yesterday afternoon, the 40-odd-member Phoenix Labs team held a Reddit AMA on Dauntless. Let's run down the highlights!
There are no hard dates attached...
Citadel Forged With Fire reworks and nerfs siege spells to help lowbies
Citadel Forged With Fire is rolling out a new patch tomorrowday, and if you're following the early access game, you're probably gonna wanna know...
Gamescom 2017: Amazon’s Breakaway trailer and alpha signups
Update: Amazon has apparently removed the trailer following intense criticism.
Breakaway has a fresh new trailer out for Gamescom today, along with a run-down of...
Sci-fi sandbox MMO Dual Universe’s pre-alpha launches September 30
Dual Universe today etched a date on its pre-alpha launch: September 30th. "Access to this first playable version of Dual Universe will be limited...
Leaderboard: Do the HTC Vive’s and Oculus Rift’s price cuts change your opinion on VR pricing?
When Oculus dropped the price of the Oculus Rift down to $400 earlier this summer, supposedly temporarily (but not its first drop), analysts were...
Gamescom 2017: Overwatch’s Mei-centric Rise and Shine animated short
Blizzard brought the goods to Gamescom this year, with trailers and announcements for almost every game in its stable, including -- and perhaps especially...
Gamescom 2017: World of Warcraft’s 7.3 Shadows of Argus lands next week
Update: Patch notes are live now too! We've included them below.
Here we go, World of Warcraft fans: Blizzard just announced during Gamescom that patch...
Gamescom 2017: Hearthstone’s Hearth and Home animated short
As part of its Gamescom presentation today, Blizzard has just revealed a new "musical animated short" for card battler Hearthstone. It centers on the...
Overwatch retools competitive mode, apologizes to Aussie fans
Overwatch is gearing up to tinker with competitive play once again, according to a new dev video from Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan. He...
Black Desert censures Pearl Abyss Taiwan employees found cheating
Let this Black Desert story be a lesson. Actually, no, let it be two lessons: Don't cheat, and definitely don't cheat if your job...
Blizzard profiles World of Warcraft e-sports notables in new video series
Blizzard is not going to stop trying to make World of Warcraft e-sports a thing, gang, so we may as well have some fun...
Exclusive: Elsword’s fourth Elrianode dungeon, El Tower Defense, launches tomorrow – here’s the trailer!
Elsword fans, a huge update is dropping for you tomorrow: The fourth and final dungeon in the Elrianode series, El Tower Defense, is going...
Star Citizen brought part of 3.0 to Gamescom
If you're lucky enough to be in Cologne this week for Gamescom, make sure you make your way over to the Star Citizen booth...
The Daily Grind: Do MMORPG studios worry too much about player retention?
Back in March, we used a Richard Bartle blog post to discuss retention in MMOs and how developers could up their stickiness factor. But in...
The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMO expansions to include new classes, or is a new spec good enough?
Back when Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire was announced, a number of our commenters sparred over whether or not the game's elite specs...